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Cho Ray hospital succeeds in first heart transplant

Doctors at Cho Ray hospital in Ho Chi Minh City successfully carried out a heart transplant for the first time, with support from doctors of Hanoi’s Vietnam – Germany Hospital.
Cho Ray hospital succeeds in first heart transplant ảnh 1An organ transplant surgery in Cho Ray Hospital (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – Doctors at Cho Rayhospital in Ho Chi Minh City successfully carried out a heart transplant forthe first time, with support from doctors of Hanoi’s Vietnam – GermanyHospital.

The male patient, born in 1990 in theCentral Highlands province of Dak Nong, was diagnosed with heart failure anddilated cardiomyopathy, a condition which enlarges the heart and stops it frompumping blood efficiently. He has suffered from the diseases for the past threeyears.

The heart transplant took place on May 29and lasted for 140 minutes. The next day, the heart began normal functions.

It will take a month to see if his body acceptsthe new organ.

Also on May 29, the hospital conducted oneliver and two kidney transplants.

All organs used in the four operations camefrom one donor, an 18-year-old girl who died in a traffic accident on May19.-VNA
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